EGG FREE CARROT MUFFINS
Egg free Carrot Muffins are so easy to make, soft and delicious with orange flavour. Addition of plain yogurt makes the muffins soft and spongy. No one will believe that these muffins are made without any eggs. Adding fresh orange juice and zest makes them even more tastier.
This recipe is pretty versatile where you can replace the flour, fat, flavour, liquid, spice and the raisins to make it into what your family loves. And these muffins are not overtly sweet. Adding the frosting is totally optional.
Memories
Happy Birthday my dear friend Daxa. I always try and bake a cake, cupcakes or muffins for my bestie’s birthday. She is not much into baking so my baked goodies are always make her happy. Usually, I stick to egg free bakes whenever I’m taking it to her place as her MIL does not consume eggs at all.
This year was no different. Decided to try out a bookmarked recipe of Egg Free Carrot Muffins. I followed the recipe to the dot and was disappointed that no liquid was mentioned in the recipe. The batter turned out too dry. Luckily, I’ve been baking for sometime now so knew that my batter needs a liquid. Had freshly squeezed orange and added that. Anyway, carrot and orange pair very well.
Over time, this modified recipe has become my favourite as I love carrot cakes. Also, it allows me to prepare half the quantity comfortably. And take it from me, these muffins taste awesome with cream cheese frosting.
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Ingredients Required For Egg Free Carrot Muffins
- Flour – I have used wheat flour, the one we use for roti. You can use all purpose flour if you want to.
- Carrot – peel and roughly chop the carrots. Put them in the food processor and process to a fine texture. You can grate the carrot if you want to. I prefer to process it as it adds a lovely colour to the muffins.
- Sugar – i have used white sugar. You can use brown sugar, coconut sugar or jaggery powder. They will however,change the colour of the muffins.
- Yogurt – Dahi. Use plain thick yogurt. If you use Greek Yogurt then you will need to add more liquid. If you are using homemade yogurt, you will need less liquid.
- Liquid – use fresh orange juice, milk or water.
- Oil – can also use melted butter. I have used sunflower oil. You can use any oil that does not have a strong flavour.
- Baking Agents – you need both baking powder and baking soda (soda bicarbonate).
- Salt – use normal salt or rock salt. I have used Himalayan Rock Salt.
- Orange Zest – optional. However, would recommend it. Adds flavour to the muffins.
- Cinnamon Powder – adds flavour.
- Raisins – can replace it with sultanas, chocolate chips, chopped nuts. You can use a combination of any of them. Sometimes I add both raisins and walnuts. If I bake these muffins for kids, they love it with chocolate chips.
FOR FROSTING : OPTIONAL
- Plain Cream Cheese
- Milk – or orange juice. To make the cream cheese a bit more softer.
- Sugar – use powdered sugar or icing sugar.
WATCH HOW TO MAKE EGG FREE CARROT MUFFINS
EGG FREE CARROT MUFFINS
Egg free Carrot Muffins are so easy to make, soft and delicious with orange flavour. Addition of plain yogurt makes the muffins soft and spongy. To make these muffins for Easter, add cream cheese frosting and top them with Mini Chocolate Eggs. Or you can top them with chopped nuts, chocolate chips or fresh fruit.
Servings 12 muffins
Ingredients
FOR THE CARROT MUFFINS
- 1½ cups wheat flour
- 1 cup finely grated/processed carrot
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp soda bicarbonate
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup yogurt plain and thick
- ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 -1½ cup cream cheese
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2-3 tbsp milk
Instructions
PREPARATION OF EGG FREE CARROT MUFFINS
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, soda bicarbonate, cinnamon powder and salt together.
- Add raisins to the flour. Mix well.
- Mix the oil, yogurt , orange juice and sugar together in a bowl.
- Whisk it well to emulsify the mixture.
- Pour it into the flour mixture.
- Add the processed carrot.
- Mix till the flour gets wet. Don't over mix.
- Prepare the muffin tray or molds by putting paper cups into it.
- Spoon the batter ¾ of the way into each cup.
- Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes till the tops are golden brown and the muffins are done.
- Cool the muffins completely before frosting them.
PREPARATION OF CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- Whisk cream cheese, milk and sugar together till it becomes soft and creamy.
- Can use a piping bag and nozzle to create a nest like shape.
- I used a spoon, and made a small indentation.
- Add some chocolate eggs on top.
Notes
- Can use nuts, other dried fruits, chocolate chips instead of raisins.
- Top the muffins with sunflower seeds, chocolate sprinkle or oats before baking.
- Can enjoy these muffins without any frosting if you wish.
- If you are using a mixture of nuts, raisins, chocolate chips, make it up to ½ -¾ cup.
- I find ½ cup sugar just right, if you like sweeter muffins add ¾ cup.
- Can use all purpose flour if you want to.
- Use brown sugar, coconut sugar or jaggery powder instead of normal white sugar.
- Replace orange juice with water or milk. Tastes good with coconut milk added to it.
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